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title: Week 40, 2024
issue: 40
year: 2024
weekNumber: 40
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created: 2024-10-06T12:00:00
modified: 2025-08-29T08:30:44
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# Wisdom I Pondered This Week

* “The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.” — Stephen Hawking
* Broken ≠ Beaten
* Success is all about doing the right thing at the right time in the right way/order. Success is the sum of small efforts day in and day out. Success is about survival, not sacrifice.
* [Doing your best means positioning yourself for success. It's about creating the conditions to perform at your best rather than just hoping for the best in the moment.](https://fs.blog/doing-your-best/#:~:text=Doing%20your%20best%20means%20positioning,the%20best%20in%20the%20moment)
* [“AI will replace the people who think it will.” — Naval Ravikant](https://x.com/naval/status/1602552509545041920)

# Things I Learned This Week

* After passing the taxi-driver “The Knowledge” exam, London cabbies will be issued the “Green Badge”
* A digital twin is a virtual model designed to accurately reflect a real-world physical object/entity.
* sick/baddest (= cool/amazing/fabulous)
* LGBT = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
* Franchise 特許經銷權 (A right to sell a company’s products in a particular area using the company’s name)